My Astonishing Self – George Bernard Shaw

Internationally-renowned Irish actor Gabriel Byrne explores the life, works and passions of George Bernard Shaw – a giant of world literature, and, like Byrne, an emigrant Irishman who had to leave to be heard: Shaw learnt the outsider’s ability to observe, needle and puncture. This documentary follows the life and influences of George Bernard Shaw, with very real revelations in very real places: from the bed he was born in to the one he died in; from his English home to his Irish heart; from his handwriting as a nobody to the words that made him famous.

CREDITS

Editor: Iseult Howlett
Director: Gerry Hoban
Producer: Martha Moloney
Animo Television for RTÉ

In 2018, Iseult was nominated as best editor for her work on My Astonishing Self. The programme also won the IFTA for best documentary.